Bemused by DD’s assessment result

[Cuppatea14]

We took our DD for an educational assessment to try to figure out why she’s struggling with her spelling. The school were at a loss because she reads well ahead of her age, so she doesn’t present as dyslexic.

Anyway, we got the report today and it confirms that she’s definitely not dyslexic, but does identify her as on the ‘extremely high range of ability’ (with a score of 150 on the Wechsler scale, if that means anything to anyone?)

Very nice to have someone confirm our kid is bright but we are still none the wiser about why she cannot spell? She also struggles with things like remembering months of the year in the correct order, and is generally what in the 90’s we would have called ‘a bit of a ditz’. So we are amused by her results and clueless as to what to do next. Anyone any insights?

We will have a follow up with the psychologist in a few weeks time, curious to hear if anyone has pointers on what we should ask.

Have you looked into other neue-diversity at all? My eldest son is very bright - maxes out CAT-4s in two areas and reads prolifically, but is much weaker with spelling, organisation and day dreams a lot. He coped through primary, but has struggled more at secondary with the high organisational expectation. He has just been diagnosed with ADHD by an amazing psychiatrist who saw beyond the 'but he's well behaved'.

it might be worth considering, especially if she's a bit 'dusty'. ADHD typically looks very different in girls to the classic idea of it.

ditsy, not dusty!

I teach English at a secondary school. Two of the brightest girls that I taught struggled with spelling. Both achieved straight A stars at A Level - one went to Cambridge to study English - the other went to Oxford. Maybe it was mild dyslexia, maybe not but it didn’t hold either of them back.

I know this is a somewhat older thread but Imagree with @DrRuthGalloway, I would also identify dyslexia with those scores. I am curious to know on what basis it was ‘definitely’ ruled out?